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Appeal against Páirc Uí Chaoimh bus set-down plan refusal turned down
15+ hour, 42+ min ago (183+ words) An appeal by Cork GAA to allow development of a bus and vehicle set-down and turning point at Páirc Uí Chaoimh has been refused by An Coimisiún Pleanála. Picture Dan Linehan Páirc Uí Chaoimh CTR, the company which runs the…...
East Cork residents to protest over delayed rollout of flood defence works
19+ hour, 42+ min ago (531+ words) Three years after Storm Babet cause millions of euros worth of damage to homes and businesses in Midleton and the wider East Cork, locals say little has been done to protect the region from teh risk of future flooding events....
Kilmichael man chosen to fill role left vacant by death of former mayor Joe Carroll
19+ hour, 42+ min ago (188+ words) Alan Dromey has been selected to fill the seat left vacant by the passing of councillor Joe Carroll. At a recent Fianna Fáil selection convention in West Cork, Kilmichael native Alan Dromey was selected to fill the Cork county council…...
City Council's rental scheme has kept 42 households out of homelessness this year
1+ day, 42+ min ago (189+ words) The Government's RAS currently supports approximately 700 households in Cork city. So far this year, 42 households in Cork city have avoided homelessness by availing of a Government housing support scheme, Cork City Council has said. The Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS) is…...
Shandon's Rev Farr says proposed citizenship rules could split up her family
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (515+ words) The church had struggled to fill her position, with no suitable candidates identified until Meghan applied. Over the past four years she has overseen major repair works to the iconic church buliding. Picture: Larry Cummins. The priest in charge of…...
Petition against Bessborough apartments rises to 16,000 signatures
4+ day, 15+ hour ago (595+ words) Approximately 1,000 people gathered to protest against the planned development of part of the former Bessborough Mother and Baby Home site, in July. Picture: Chani Anderson. More than 16,000 people have now signed an online petition opposing the development of the grounds…...
City Council launches its Irish language action plan
5+ day, 19+ hour ago (145+ words) Cork City Council has launched its Irish Language Action Plan for 2026-2029, aimed at supporting and promoting the wider use of the language. It includes a range of proposals, including to investigate and promote the establishment of a Cultúrlann (Irish language…...
Kathriona Devereux: I weep at our climate change failures... but I won’t give up
6+ day, 1+ hour ago (955+ words) People on a beach in Lacanau, south-west France, in July, 2026, as clouds of smoke rise into the sky from a wildfire A news headline made me cry. It wasn’t about a million euro’s worth of cocaine seized in Cork Airport,…...
Complaints about drug abuse, homophobia, and fights on Cork trains
1+ week, 1+ hour ago (1119+ words) A complaint from a lesbian couple said: “A number of passengers spewed homophobic comments while drinking heavily.” Picture: Larry Cummins A water fight, a teenager smoking weed, people exiting the toilets together with needles in their arms, hot drinks thrown,…...
Bessborough apartments row has 'put government under real pressure"
1+ week, 19+ hour ago (420+ words) Margo Harkin, director of the documentary 'Stolen', addressing a screening of that film in Cork, beside Sarah O'Herlihy, Richard Boyd Barrett, and Noelle Brown. Picture: People Before Profit Cork. A campaign to stop the building of apartments on the grounds…...